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Manchester United have certainly had a hectic few days to contend with off the pitch, after it was confirmed Ruben Amorim had been sacked from his managerial post.

The 40-year-old left the role after 14 months at the helm, but he was only able to achieve a 40% win percentage despite leading the club to a Europa League final.

He leaves the club sitting sixth in the Premier League table, with the Red Devils currently sitting just three points off a place within the division’s top four.

However, matters should still be somewhat focused on recruiting new players, with the January transfer window now open and presenting a chance for INEOS to strengthen any Champions League push.

Despite the managerial situation, the hierarchy have already identified numerous options in the market, with work being done to try and improve the first-team squad.

Man Utd make huge bid to land European sensation

The midfield department at United is one that has needed addressing for many months now, with Brighton and Hove Albion star Carlos Baleba just one option being considered.

Over the last couple of days, the Red Devils have once again registered their interest in the Cameroonian international, but any deal would certainly be expensive for INEOS.

It’s been reported that the Seagulls are demanding a fee in the region of £100m to part ways with the 22-year-old this winter, with the player open to a move to Old Trafford.

However, a new attacker also remains firmly within their sights at present, with RB Leipzig star Yan Diomande another player firmly being pursued by the hierarchy.

According to African Foot via Sport Witness, the Red Devils have made a €90m (£76m) bid to sign the 19-year-old who has scored six times in 14 Bundesliga appearances.

The report also states that the winger is on the radar of numerous other teams in England’s top-flight, with the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all tracking the teenage sensation.

Why Diomande would get Sesko firing at Man Utd

Only last summer, United spent big on new attackers to try and inject needed quality into the frontline to help bolster their chances of success in the Premier League.

Benjamin Sesko was just one of the players signed by the club during such a spree, with the hierarchy paying £74m for his signature from German outfit RB Leipzig.

High expectations were placed on the attacker given the nature of the transfer fee, but it’s safe to say his time at Old Trafford has been a disaster to date.

The Slovenian international has featured in 16 league outings so far in 2025/26, but has only registered two goals in the process – currently enduring nine games without a goal.

At just 22, he has bags of time to turn his career around in England’s top flight, but he could certainly benefit from some added creativity around him in the final third.

A move for Diomande could provide just that, with the Ivorian international enduring a phenomenal breakthrough campaign in Germany under the guidance of Ole Werner.

Whilst he’s only laid on two league assists so far in 2025/26, his underlying stats on FBref showcase the incredible talents he possesses with the ball at his feet within attacking areas.

Diomande, who’s been hailed as a “generational talent” by journalist Bence Bocsák, has completed 6.3 progressive carries and 4.3 successful take-ons in the Bundesliga this season.

Such numbers showcase his ability to get the ball into dangerous areas, with no player in the division able to register higher tallies in the aforementioned departments.

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The teenager has also registered 1.4 key passes and 1.4 passes into the opposition box per 90, subsequently showing the end product needed within the final third.

Yan Diomande – Bundesliga stats (2025/26)

Statistics (per 90)

Tally

Games played

14

Goals & assists

8

Pass accuracy

82%

Progressive carries

6.3

Successful take-ons

4.3

Key passes

1.4

Passes into 18-yard box

1.4

Carries into final third

3.9

Carries into the 18-yard box

3.4

Stats via FBref

His mazy runs, combined with his consistent end product, could hand Sesko the tools he needs to finally hit the ground running after his tricky start to life in Manchester.

As for Diomande, his talents are further reflected with his impressive tally of 3.4 carries into the final third per 90 – also the highest in the league – reaffirming his creative ability with the ball.

£76m would be yet another mammoth statement of intent from the hierarchy, but it’s a deal that would certainly inject the further added quality they have been hunting for.

Whilst the manager situation no doubt remains a priority, whoever takes the reins in the near future would have a serious talent on their hands should a deal be completed for the Leipzig sensation.

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Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg reports that West Ham United are set to give Nuno Espirito Santo one more game to save his job at the London Stadium.

The reporter claims that the Portuguese boss is on the verge of being sacked by the Premier League strugglers, but he will be given the opportunity to manage against his former club, Nottingham Forest, on Tuesday night.

It is a huge game at the bottom of the table, with the Tricky Trees one place above them, and a defeat would mean that the Hammers are seven points from safety.

It has been reported that former Hammers manager Slaven Bilic is willing to take the reins until the end of the season, but they should avoid going down that route.

Why West Ham must avoid Slaven Bilic

West Ham should avoid going for Bilic because the Croatian boss has been out of management since August 2024, and has not had much in the way of success in his recent managerial spells.

The 25-year-old manager was let go by Saudi Pro League side Al-Fateh with 1.32 points per game, and more losses than wins, and that came after he left Watford in tenth in the Championship and Chinese outfit BJ Guoan in fifth after 21 matches, per Transfermarkt.

Bilic’s last spell in the Premier League came with West Brom, after he won promotion from the Championship with them, and he was sacked after eight losses in the first 13 games.

Bilic’s last 24 PL matches

Stat

Bilic

Games

24

Wins

3

Draws

7

Losses

14

Points

16

Points per game

0.67

Stats via Transfermarkt

Couple that run with six losses in 11 games at the start of his final season with West Ham, as shown in the table above, and he has a 0.67 points per game rate over his last 24 Premier League games.

Bilic did finish seventh and 11th in his first two seasons at the club, ending his time in London with more losses than wins, but his recent managerial experiences, particularly in the English top-flight, suggest that he would not guide them to safety.

West Ham's possible Bilic alternative

Instead of going for Bilic as a replacement for Nuno, who has won two of his 13 games in charge so far, the Hammers should look to one of their former targets.

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In April 2024, Ruben Amorim apologised to Sporting supporters after admitting that he did travel to England to hold talks with David Sullivan and Co about potentially replacing David Moyes for the 2024/25 campaign.

After that, Julen Lopetegui arrived at the London Stadium and Amorim eventually replaced Erik ten Hag in the dugout at Manchester United. Both of those moves failed to work out.

The Portuguese boss was relieved of his duties by Manchester United on Monday morning, with the Red Devils sixth in the table, and he departed with a points per game rate of 1.23 in the Premier League.

That is not good enough for a United manager, as evidenced by their decision to sack him, but he had averaged 1.55 points per game this term, per Transfermarkt. Say West Ham lose on Tuesday and sack Nuno, 1.55 points per game would take them to the magical 40-point mark in the final 17 games.

What is good enough for Manchester United at the moment is very different to what is good enough for West Ham, given the situation that they are in, which is why the club should consider taking advantage of Amorim’s sacking with an approach to bring him to the London Stadium.

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The Portuguese manager’s Premier League record this season, with United in sixth place, and his previous managerial experience with Sporting and Braga, suggest that he could be a good appointment.

Amorim’s Liga Portugal record

Season

Points per game

24/25 (Sporting)

3.00

23/24 (Sporting)

2.65

22/23 (Sporting)

2.18

21/22 (Sporting)

2.48

20/21 (Sporting)

2.50

19/20 (Sporting)

1.91

19/20 (Braga)

2.78

Stats via Transfermarkt

As you can see in the table above, Amorim was a serial winner in Portugal, averaging over two points a game in all but one spell, before his move to England.

This suggests that he even has the potential to take West Ham to the next level if he can get his 3-4-2-1 system to work in a way that he was unable to at Old Trafford.

Crystal Palace are a good example of how a midtable team can use a 3-4-2-1 to create a solid base that allows them to compete against the best teams, and it helped them to win the FA Cup and the Community Shield in 2025.

It is a blueprint that West Ham could follow by swooping for Amorim to replace Nuno, in the hope that he can guide them to the magic 40-point mark, before building on that in future seasons.

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Somerset 282 for 6 (Hildreth 98*, Gazzard 58, Phillips 4-43) beat Essex 278 (Bopara 91) by four wickets
ScorecardRavi Bopara sent the England selectors a timely reminder of his talents with a fine innings of 91 but Essex still fell to a four-wicket defeat to Somerset in the Pro-ARCH Trophy in Abu Dhabi.Bopara hit ten fours and a six during his 104-ball stay at the crease that was ended by a terrific stumping down the leg side by Craig Kieswetter off the bowling of Peter Trego. Essex were 93 for 4 at one stage before James Foster (40), Tim Phillips (41) and James Middlebrook (30) hauled them up to the respectability of 278 on a benign pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.It was Somerset’s debut in the competition, having arrived in the Middle East without Marcus Trescothick on Saturday. But they hit the ground running with the bat and didn’t hesitate during the chase, even after falling to 151 for 5 with the required rate loitering around six per over.Trego (22) and Carl Gazzard (58) opened the innings superbly with an first-wicket partnership of 48 but after Phillips (4 for 43) had smashed through the middle order, Somerset’s aspirations of becoming the first team in the tournament to win a match batting second were only rescued by James Hildreth, whose unbeaten 98 not only clinched the match but will no doubt interest the England selectors as a sign of his growing maturity.Hildreth switched comfortably between nudger and blaster to steer Somerset home, enjoying the strong support of Omari Banks (27) and Steffan Jones (30*) but he was denied the century he so richly deserved when Jones thumped successive boundaries through extra cover off the bowling of Ryan ten Doeschate to seal victory with eight balls to spare.Defeat for Essex was their second in three nights, having also fallen to Lancashire, and they return to Sharjah for their final match in the PRO-Arch Trophy on Thursday, against Sussex.

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Niall O’Brien edges behind to hand Muttiah Muralitharan’s first wicket © Getty Images

Ireland’s World Cup adventure ended with a chastening experience as they crumbled for 77 against Sri Lanka in Grenada. Farveez Maharoof took three wickets in an over and Muttiah Muralitharan bamboozled the middle order before Sri Lanka raced home in 10 overs, leaving everyone with an early lunch.All ten Ireland wickets fell for 49 in 20 overs – 23 of those coming in a final-wicket frolic – as Maharoof and Muralitharan shared eight victims. A mark of the ruthlessness shown by the Sri Lankans is that this was an even more destructive performance than the Australians managed.But Ireland’s campaign has been highlighted by their spirit and excitement. They remained buoyant until the end – albeit an early one – as Boyd Rankin and Dave Langford-Smith finished their World Cup with a wicket apiece. Mahela Jayawardene, though, didn’t want to be back after dinner, finishing the chase with a flourish. His mind will already have switched to the semi-finals.After Jayawardene put Ireland in, the early overs lulled everyone into a false sense of security, while the start of Maharoof’s first over didn’t suggest the bounty that would soon come his way. Jeremy Bray dispatched the opening two balls to the boundary, a flick over square leg and a drive through cover, before being deceived by a slower ball, popping an off side drive.Ireland then changed the batting order, promoting Andre Botha to No. 3, but that experiment lasted two balls as he flashed outside off stump with no footwork. While Botha’s was a poor shot, Eoin Morgan couldn’t do much about his dismissal – a perfect line and length from round the wicket producing an edge, which Kumar Sangakkara pouched brilliantly low to his left with the ball almost behind him.Chaminda Vaas, back in the side after controversially missing the match against Australia along with Muralitharan, wasn’t at his best with the new ball, drifting into the pads too often, but Nuwan Kulasekara kept a tight line. William Porterfield and Niall O’Brien survived 10 overs before Maharoof struck again, Porterfield top-edging a pull to mid-on, but Ireland’s problems were only just starting. At the start of the 19th over Muralitharan – 447 ODI wickets, the Ireland team had 85 – took the ball and by the end of it had added two more scalps to his tally.

Farveez Maharoof began Ireland’s slide with three wickets in four balls © Getty Images

Ireland’s batsmen are not the first, and certainly won’t be the last, to be made to look foolish by Murali’s skills. Niall O’Brien edged a conventional offbreak and Kenny Carroll’s first World Cup outing lasted two balls before he swept and missed at a doosra. Muralitharan collected one of the easiest four-wicket hauls of his career as the lower order proved clueless against his variations.There was also time for Maharoof to show his fielding skills. Trent Johnston drove a ball back down the pitch, Maharoof dived in his follow through, picked up and threw down the stumps at the non-striker’s end. His day wasn’t quite faultless as he spilled Langford-Smith at deep square-leg and Langford-Smith brought out the long handle, swinging a maximum over deep midwicket and shimmying down the pitch to whip Muralitharan through the on side. It was a shot to tell the grandchildren about; the innings won’t be remembered quite so fondly.But the reputation of Ireland’s players has been unanimously lifted by their World Cup exploits, none more so than Rankin who now heads to Derbyshire to take up a county contract. He claimed his 12th tournament wicket when Upul Tharanga slashed to point in the opening over. Sangakkara drove a sharp catch to cover, one final chance for Langford-Smith’s distinctive celebration, before Jayawardene added the finishing touches in a stand of 56 off 41 balls with Sanath Jayasuriya. The one consolation for the Irish fans is a few extra hours to spend on the beach. Then it’s back on the plane and a return to their normal lives, with enough stories to last a lifetime.

Kevin Pietersen: shooting from the hip as the season begins © Getty Images

England’s injury crisis may be spreading from the winter into the start of the home season, but Kevin Pietersen is confident that the Ashes-winning team – which hasn’t played together since that momentous day at The Oval on September 12 – will be reunited on the field in the future. Michael Vaughan, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison and Simon Jones all have injuries of varying seriousness, but Pietersen says they will be back.”I’m sure it will happen, I’m just not sure when,” he told reporters. “It is a worry but it gives opportunities to others and the guys who got a chance in India did really well. Owais [Shah] played well and Alastair Cook did well. They did fantastic jobs.”Now it is just the case of trying to get that Ashes team back on the field. Come November 23 in Brisbane we have to make sure we have a full-strength team to take on the Aussies.”The Ashes verbals, or probably more correctly, banter, considering how well the two teams get along, is already in full swing. In a recent interview with magazine, Matthew Hayden claimed how England are carried by Andrew Flintoff while Shane Warne, Pietersen’s team-mate at Hampshire, has not been shy at suggesting that England won’t be comfortable coming to Australia with the Ashes to defend.But Pietersen has never been one for listening to what other people say, whether it be barracking crowds in South Africa or confident Australians. He says the talk is nothing he didn’t expect and thinks it will only increase as the winter approaches.”I’ve heard that line about Freddie carrying the team before but you can name every player and they did a job for England in that series. It is probably the start of the banter they want to get going before the Ashes.”We know the Australian guys are great guys and we’re good mates with them, which means the series will be played in good spirits. We are just waiting for another Australian to make a comment now. It is all good banter adding to the build-up for what will be an amazing series.”And he was quick to get in a little jab of his own. “If it wasn’t for Shane Warne in that Australia team then we would have won the Ashes 4-1. He probably had a bigger influence on Australia than Freddie did on England.”Pietersen was speaking at the launch of Urban Cricket, a new joint initiative between the ECB and npower, the sponsor of England’s home Tests, aiming to distribute 60,000 cricket kits to youngsters around the UK. Pietersen – along with Charlotte Edwards, the England women’s captain, and the chairman of selectors, David Graveney – launched the event at a Peckham housing estate in South East London, accompanied by break-dancers that put even Pietersen’s quick feet to shame.The slogan for Urban Cricket is that ‘there are no rules’, a philosophy that Pietersen sometimes looks like taking when he dispatches the world’s best pacemen and spinners into the stands. His batting will be a vital cog in the England team this summer and he says he’s eager to get started.”Right here, right now, I’m as fit as I can be and raring to go. It’s been fantastic playing for Hampshire again and I can’t wait to get going with the internationals.” With England’s current injury catalogue mounting up that will be music to the selector’s ears.

Brad Hodge steals an ING Cup century for the Bushrangers © Getty Images

While Brad Hodge’s home ground for next season remains unclear, Tasmania have shown interest in recruiting Shane Harwood, the Victoria fast bowler. Harwood, who missed a contract during the Bushrangers’ initial offers, is being considered by the Tigers for a place alongside Adam Griffith, Damien Wright and Andrew Downton.”We have spoken to Cricket Victoria to say we are interested in talking to him,” David Johnston, the Tasmania Cricket Association chief executive, told The Age. “David Boon is handling that and discussing it with his manager. He didn’t get much of a go last year and we just want to establish whether he is interested.”The Age reported Cricket Victoria hoped to make an announcement on Hodge yesterday, but he is weighing up the choice between a strong offer from New South Wales and staying with his home state. The Bushrangers are desperate to hold on to Hodge, the Test squad member currently playing in Lancashire, after losing Matthew Elliott and Mathew Innes this month, while Ian Harvey’s future is also undecided.

The history of Tamil Nadu, or Madras as it was formerly known, in the Ranji Trophy has been one of underachievement. For a state that has been a nursery of talent over the decades to have won just two titles, in 1955 and 1988, is an aberration. Whatever the reasons, there has been one prominent hurdle that has perennially cropped up. Over the years Mumbai – or Bombay as they were before – have been a thorn that has pricked them at crucial stages. And recently, that thorn has become a dagger that has really hurt.In the semi-final in April 2000, they were thwarted by the genius of one man. After posting 485, Tamil Nadu reduced Mumbai to 266 for 5. That was when Sachin Tendulkar made time stand still, and stabbed them with a breathtaking 233. In last season’s final, in May, they went one step further and gained a first-innings lead. But they allowed Mumbai to pile on 387 in the second innings, and the eventual target proved beyond their reach.Tomorrow, Tamil Nadu and Mumbai will meet again in this year’s Ranji Trophy final. Unlike the matches above, they will have home advantage this time. Chandrakant Pandit, Mumbai’s coach, expects it to be a "heat struggle". Speaking to Wisden Cricinfo he said: "We have to cope with the hot conditions. Tamil Nadu will be used to playing in that weather. We have to match them in that aspect as well."Mumbai’s bowlers will need to adapt quickly, as they hold a distinct edge in this department. Munaf Patel and Avishkar Salvi have regularly dented top orders this season, Sairaj Bahutule has been a model of consistency all year with his legspin, and Nilesh Kulkarni’s slow left-armers will provide the variety.But Tamil Nadu’s batting is just as formidable. Sadagoppan Ramesh, Sridharan Sriram, Sreedharan Sharath and Hemang Badani comprise arguably the best batting line-up in the country. Add to that Subramanium Badrinath, one of the highest run-getters this season, their captain Somsetty Suresh, and Dinesh Karthik, their young wicketkeeper who cracked 122 in the semi-final, and you have a glittering array of batting talent.The bowling, though, lacks the bite of Mumbai’s, and the effectiveness of Tamil Nadu’s bowlers will have a significant effect on the final result. With the first Test of the India-Pakistan series starting on March 28, there will be no bubbling enthusiasm for this match. But neither team will be too concerned about that – they have more pressing matters on their mind.Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is on the staff of Wisden Cricinfo in India.

With the sun shining and the smell of new mown grass in the air preparations for the new season at the County Ground are well in hand.One of the busiest places was the office where membership secretary Jo Arnold and several of her colleagues were dealing with the large pile of applications that had been received in the post.In the front office personal callers who required membership were being looked after and having their photographs taken as well as telephone applications being dealt with.By lunchtime more than £12,000 had been taken in membership income, and by the end of the day this had risen to £20,000, all of which bodes very well for the new season ahead.Jo Arnold told me: "Memberships have just been flooding in today which is what we would expect at this time of the year but this has to be one of the busiest days that we have ever had in the office. In the final week of the discounted period last year over one thousand members joined, and if this keeps up for the rest of the week we will be well up on that figure, all of which is very pleasing."Members are joining in all categories, and following the Somerset Junior Sabres link up with Bristol City Football Club and Bristol Shoguns Rugby Club there has been a marked increase in the junior membership category.This year Junior Sabres are able to gain free entry to Bristol Shoguns matches and the youngsters also have the chance to go along and see Bristol City play Peterborough on March 15th free of charge, to which there has been a big response.Recruiting Ian Botham one of the Cidermen’s greatest heroes to spearhead the 2003 membership campaign, Giles Clarke the new chairman has played a major part in setting the scene for what is promising to be a very exciting season ahead at the County Ground.

Peter Bowler completed the 41st century of his career against Leicestershire in the CricInfo Championship game at Grace Road – 15 years after making his first for them on the same ground.The 37-year-old Somerset batsman still holds the distinction of being the first Leicestershire player to score a century on his first-class debut when he made 100 not out against Hampshire in 1986.His latest century kept Somerset well in contention in what has become a high-scoring match on a good pitch. They closed the second day at 324 for six only 63 runs behind.But Leicestershire will not be happy with their performance in the field. Their bowling and catching left a lot to be desired, and the Somerset batsmen cashed in.Bowler led the way with his unbeaten 103 but there was a fine innings as well from Michael Burns. He made 60 off 116 balls with eight fours and a six before becoming one of the five batsmen caught by his namesake, wicket-keeper Neil Burns.Jamie Cox and Piran Holloway, both dropped twice on their way to scores of 21 and 35 respectively, were his first two victims off the bowling of Devon Malcolm, and he also helped remove Rob Turner and Peter Trego.Turner was not happy about his dismissal, clearly feeling he made no contact with a delivery from left-arm spinner Daniel Marsh.But there was no doubt about Trego’s departure. He received a brute of a ball from Malcolm which he could only fend off and Burns clung on to a one-handed catch.But Bowler was not to be denied. He survived a difficult chance on 84 but reached his century off 185 balls with 15 fours and a six.

Journalist Pete O’Rourke has claimed that Celtic’s chances of keeping loanee Cameron Carter-Vickers will be given a ‘huge boost’ if they win the Premiership, as per GiveMeSport.

The Lowdown: Premier League interest in Carter-Vickers

The Hoops brought in the USA defender from Tottenham last August and have an option to buy the centre-back in the summer for an initial £6m fee.

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They were hoping to secure a permanent transfer in January, but as we know, that failed to materialise.

Carter-Vickers, who has been labelled ‘quick’ by Jonathan Woodgate, has been a regular under Ange Postecoglou and has now made more appearances for Celtic than any of his previous clubs.

The Latest: O’Rourke’s comments on Carter-Vickers

Talking to GiveMeSport, O’Rourke had this to say on the Hoops’ chances of making a move permanent, believing that a Premiership triumph and subsequent Champions League group stage qualification would give the club a ‘huge boost’ over a full-time deal for the 24-year-old:

“A lot will depend on Champions League football. If Celtic win the league and offer Champions League football, it will be a huge boost for their chances of signing Carter-Vickers.”

The Verdict: Important few months

Postecoglou’s side find themselves in a strong position heading into the final stages of the campaign, with a domestic treble still on the cards. They will take on rivals Rangers three more times this season, twice in the Premiership and once at Hampden Park in a Scottish Cup semi-final.

The two league fixtures could well decide who will win the Premiership, and with Celtic three points clear at this moment in time, four points from a possible six would be huge.

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That could then have a big say on the future of loanees Carter-Vickers and Jota, and you’d expect that the pair will both play a vital role in the Hoops’ fortunes over the next few months.

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